International Trader - Asia

Where to Bet in Asia in 2014

Stocks in Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong should fare well, along with those from Japan and maybe India.

Investors looking to profit in Asia in 2014 should focus on the region's Northeast and forget its Southeast, while keeping an eye open for an Indian surprise. Markets in Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong will do well because they are most leveraged to global growth and key beneficiaries of rising consumption in the U.S., as well as in a Europe finally emerging from recession. And as massive quantitative easing continues to reflate Japan, Tokyo stocks are likely to keep nosing ahead of neighboring markets. "While there will be pockets of opportunity, overall, I think Asian equities are likely to struggle next...